HAN-YONG BAE received his B.Sc. (2010), M.Sc. (2012) and Ph.D. (2015) degrees from SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY (Korea) conducting studies on Brønsted base catalyzed asymmetric syntheses. During his graduate studies, Han-Yong developed polyketide biosynthesis mimic catalytic reactions, and discovered hydrophobic amplification effect in water promoted asymmetric catalysis. He then moved to Germany and pursued postdoctoral research at MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUT FÜR KOHLENFORSCHUNG (2015–2019). He developed new highly active catalysts for extremely challenging Lewis acid-catalyzed asymmetric reactions (parts-per-billion-level organocatalysis). In February 2019, he was appointed as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the UNIST, Korea.